About Honoured Dead Memorial
The Honoured Dead Memorial, located in the Memorial Road Area of Kimberley, is a provincial heritage site designed by architect Sir Herbert Baker and commissioned by Cecil John Rhodes to commemorate British soldiers who died during the Siege of Kimberley (1899–1900) in the Anglo-Boer War.
Built using sandstone quarried from Zimbabwe's Matopo Hills, the 52-foot-tall structure is modeled after the ancient Nereid Monument at Xanthus and features an inscription authored by the poet Rudyard Kipling. The site serves as a collective tomb for 27 soldiers whose remains are interred in its underlying vault.
Mounted on the monument's base is "Long Cecil," a 4.1-inch rifled breech-loading gun engineered by George Labram and manufactured in the local De Beers workshops during the 124-day siege, surrounded by unexploded shells from the opposing Boer "Long Tom" artillery.
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